City Lights Booksonixsuitesupport@onixsuite.com20180319T1442ZengCOM.ONIXSUITE.97819314041120301City Lights Books02193140411903978193140411215978193140411200BC0816oz08454gr100102City Lights Foundation Books0101Prison/Culture1B0101Onixsuite Contributor ID9407Sharon E. BlissBliss, Sharon E.Sharon E.Bliss2B0101Onixsuite Contributor ID9408Kevin B. ChenChen, Kevin B.Kevin B.Chen3B0101Onixsuite Contributor ID9409Steve DickisonDickison, SteveSteveDickison4B0101Onixsuite Contributor ID6789Mark Dean JohnsonJohnson, Mark DeanMark DeanJohnson5B0101Onixsuite Contributor ID9747Rebeka RodriguezRodriguez, RebekaRebekaRodriguez01eng0096038020american prison system; angela davis; art; prison art; prison culture; prisons24Internet CL HierarchyArt, Music, Cinema & Drama24Internet CL HierarchyCultural Studies24Internet CL HierarchyEssays24Internet CL HierarchyPoetry24Internet CL HierarchyPolitics0300<P><strong><br />
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<P>Over two million individuals are behind bars in U.S. prisons, living in isolation from their families and their communities. <em>Prison/Culture</em> investigates the culture of incarceration as an integral part of the American experience through a compilation of stunning and often heartrending art by inmates, as well as artists on the outside, such as Sandow Birk and Keith Antar Mason, who address incarceration, criminal profiling, wrongful conviction, prison labor, and the death penalty. The book also includes essays on prisons and prison art by Angela Davis and Mike Davis, and poetry by Amiri Baraka, Ericka Huggins, Luis Rodriguez, Sesshu Foster, and more.</p>0200Nearly fifty artists, poets, and activists examine the contemporary prison system through heartrending art and community0600<p>"The City Lights Foundation has published <em>Prison Culture</em>, a thought-provoking collection of art - everything from paintings to poems to plays - that explores the experience of incarceration. Produced in collaboration with San Francisco State and Intersection for the Arts, the book also features essays by and interviews with prominent artists, scholars and activists."</p>San Francisco Chronicle0600<p>"<em>Prison/Culture</em> is simultaneously a consolidation of achievement, a fortification of resources and celebration of resistance. This may be a book with a Californian focus, but it has national and international relevance. Succinct, well researched, egalitarian and lively."</p> <p>—Pete Brook</p>Prison Photography0600<p>"<em>Prison/Culture</em> chronicles classical and contemporary artistic exploration of the prison and the power of the arts to both educate and liberate."</p>Daily Kos0100San Francisco Chroniclehttp://www.sfgate.com/columns/freshink/#ixzz0rVvK42mO0100Prison Photographyhttp://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/book-review-prison-culture/0100Daily Koshttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/4/28/19237/072715000402Prison/Culture Image 10201E10707100786000http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/extras/Prison_Culture_Motorcycle_Bones.pdf15000402Prison/Culture Image 20201E1070782828000http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/extras/Prison_Culture_Scroll.pdf15000402Prison/Culture Back Cover0201E1070767015000http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/extras/Prison-Culture_back_cover_FINAL.pdf15000402Table of Contents, Forward & Introduction to Prison/Culture0201E10707330111000http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/extras/CLPrisonCulture.pdfCity Lights Foundation Books01City Lights Foundation Books012009121611200912160201GCOI87286100483990WORLD000307631-760XConsortium Book Sales & Distribution612/746-2600612/746-2606info@cbsd.com33www.cbsd.comhttp://www.cbsd.com200119.95USD